Police say suspect tried to choke canine

FRENCH CAMP - San Joaquin County Sheriff's deputies used a stun gun to subdue a man who punched, kicked and choked a deputy's canine partner Wednesday afternoon in French Camp, authorities said.

Jason Anderson

FRENCH CAMP - San Joaquin County Sheriff's deputies used a stun gun to subdue a man who punched, kicked and choked a deputy's canine partner Wednesday afternoon in French Camp, authorities said.

Deputies responded to the 9300 block of South Manthey Road about 1:50 p.m. on a report of a man entering a woman's home without her permission, the Sheriff's Office said. The man, identified as 23-year-old Jamaal Collins, accused the woman of killing his family and raised his hand to strike her, authorities said.

When deputies arrived, Collins refused orders to get down on the ground and instead ran back inside the residence, officials said. Deputies then deployed a dog to prevent Collins from arming himself with any weapons he might have found inside the home, authorities said.

When the dog made contact with Collins, Collins punched and kicked it, deputies said. He tried to choke the dog with its own choke chain, authorities said.

Collins dropped to the ground when deputies used a stun gun on him, but he continued to fight the dog and again tried to choke it into unconsciousness, the Sheriff's Office said. Collins was taken into custody after deputies used a stun gun on him a second time, authorities said.

Collins was arrested on suspicion of burglary, resisting a peace officer and harming a peace officer's dog with serious injury, the Sheriff's Office said. He was taken to a hospital for treatment of his dog bites before being booked into the county jail, authorities said.

The dog suffered a cut, about one inch long and one inch wide, above its left eye, deputies said, but they did not release any more information on its condition.

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